Does the Freedom of Information apply to vetting?
An Garda Siochana is not a prescribed body under the Freedom of Information Act (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 2006. In this regard Statutory Instrument No. 297 of 2006 refers. This being the case the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 1997/2003 do not apply to An Garda Siochana; and, thus, requests under the Freedom of Information Act 1997/2003 cannot be acceded to.